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24 Apr 2014
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An engine of innovation in public education

Drawing upon his background as an entrepreneur and educator, Stig Leschly (MBA 1997/JD 1998) leads Match Education, a reform group that seeks to redefine effective teaching and... View Details

01 May 2013
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Celeste A. Guth, MBA 1986

Celeste Guth vividly recalls the day she received her acceptance letter to HBS. “When I opened the admissions packet, I was thrilled beyond belief,” shares Guth, a partner with global responsibility for the Financial Institutions group in... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Up from the Ashes

also be — and, given the large size of some companies, sometimes had to be — performed by teams of people. Meanwhile, the continual infusion of energy by the kinds of startup companies Schumpeter himself preferred remained vital sources... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Dec 2001
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Q&A: John Quelch

brings to his new role a broad expertise in global business practice, especially in the area of international marketing. Working with the Global Initiative's executive director Kathleen Cooke Ryan and a steering View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

16 Dec 2020
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A Creator in the Era of Disruption

working in Southeast Asia for a young Silicon Valley startup called Kiva, which is a microfinance lender. Haryopratomo: I was on my motorbike traveling across Vietnam, Indonesia, and Cambodia, and I was... View Details

28 Nov 2018
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Elevating Women at Fidelity

of sexual harassment by a junior female employee. While the firm had named women to leadership positions and fund management roles before the misconduct allegations, the incident spurred Johnson to look even more closely at female talent... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Up on the Green Roof

“dirt” spread to a depth of three and a half inches. Planted at eight-inch intervals are 9,000 tiny perennials, including eight varieties of drought-tolerant sedum, a low-growing, flowering plant with water-storing leaves. Rather than... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Construction of Buildings; Construction

01 Jun 2000
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Long-Term Investor: Dick Jenrette

frame the bay view from the piazza, and the sizable chunk of a Civil War cannon that came to rest in the sturdy house's attic after being blown apart by the Confederates as Union troops approached. "We get a lot of requests from... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Oct 1999
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Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic

than I'd hoped." What is Banana's relationship with Gap, Inc.? We're a division of Gap, Inc., which has three brands: Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy. In November of last year, I was put in charge of Gap, Inc., Direct Business, where... View Details

19 Jan 2016
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Electric Avenues

Illustration by Mario Wagner RELATED Learn about how HBS students and alumni are helping transform Boston Watch alumni discuss innovation inside City Hall Once viewed as an oxymoron, civic innovation has become a hot field, with cities... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

09 Jan 2020
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Advancing Change

How can we foster this kind of leadership? Universities have a role to play when they replace the ivory tower with the goal of serving society. Universities can bring together groups of people that are highly diverse, with a range of... View Details

21 Apr 2014
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A lifetime of quiet leadership

which operated in a way that had never been done on Wall Street: Whitehead’s team proactively sought business and also became involved in facilitating mergers and acquisitions... View Details

01 Jan 2010
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James A. Lovell, AMP 62, 1971

were able to safely return to earth. The Apollo 13 experience taught Lovell the importance of team work, a lesson he now shares with audiences around the world in his career as a public speaker. He also draws on his 25 years in the... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Short Takes

all, say Professor Krishna G. Palepu and Assistant Professor Tarun Khanna, authors of "Corporate Strategies for Business Groups in Emerging Markets," a working paper slated to be published (under a different... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

21 Feb 2018
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Can Farming Save the Planet?

There may be a simple solution to the complex problem of climate change. Don Wiviott (MBA 1984) is cofounder and partner of Sustainable Farm Partners (SFP), a combination farming operation and private equity... View Details

27 Oct 2017
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The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received

team, try as much as possible to put together a team that has an unfair advantage somehow. My name is Heidi Kuglin Beck from 2007. Keep an open mind because anything can change, and life can change in a... View Details

01 Dec 1998
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Mandela in Triumph at Harvard

In an extraordinary ceremony last September, South African President Nelson Mandela became a Harvard man. He is the first non-Westerner among a select group of historical figures (ranging from George Washington to Winston Churchill) who... View Details

01 Jan 2003
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Greylock

extraordinarily demanding group of fellow students and faculty. Developing the skills to listen carefully, think analytically, and communicate clearly is a requirement of... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues

regulatory infrastructure. Political corruption, restrictions by China on the free flow of information and opinion, or other official interference could be potential areas of conflict, he said. Organized by the Asian Business Club at HBS... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

available to their workers. The conference's agenda alternated between small breakout sessions that brought together participants from different industry areas and large group discussions where all attendees... View Details

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